#architecture #Archaeology #History #artwork #artshare
One of the greatest wonders of the world is the fortress of Mount Shaqroof, Yemen.
This fragment of an aquatic themed mosaic is from a house in Aquae Sulis. It features mythological fish-tailed horses (hippocamps) and a dolphin. Set on a white lias background, the creatures are made of..(1/2)
C3rd-C4th AD
π·April
#Roman #Archaeology #Roman Britain #MosaicMonday
Long ago, touching a person's chest was as intimate as touching their face. Then the colonizers arrived with their 'civilizational' norms, and now even the slightest gesture towards an eyebrow is considered sensual.
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Young archaeologists for the European future π¬πͺπͺπΊ #Tbilisiprotests #archaeology
The Sitar πΆ arrived in the 18th century, thanks to Khusro. But did you know the Veena π΅ has been rocking Bharat for over 2200 years?
#Archaeology #Chandraketugarh
4000 years ago in Bhanpura, Madhya Pradesh, Pachisi was the game:
- 4 players competing
- Player one rolls a 4
- Gameboard: 6x8 grid
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A little fly-around of Birkrigg Stone Circle, just south of Ulverston, South Lakeland π€© An Early Bronze Age 'concentric stone circle', a rare variety of ring cairn, where the inner circle constitutes the kerb of a burial mound. #archaeology #lakedistrict #StandingStonesSunday
A Roman 'curse tablet' being unrolled for us for the 1st time in 2,000 YEARS by the brill Drakon Heritage and Conservation! We think the Brookside Meadows tablets we're excavating for Barratt and David Wilson Homes were defixiones, i.e., tablets written on with curses/prayers deposited at shrines
Can you crack the invader's mind? Is the head buried or sold on the international market?
This mystery endures.
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#ancient #archaeology #history #temple #arthistory #museum
The Palaio-Christian Byzantine Basilica of Acheiropoietos (450 CE) in Thessaloniki is built over a complex of Roman public baths which were in turn built over some older baths or temple.
Where do you think the people and language of the Indus Valley Civilization originated from?
ποΈ: Andrzej Nowojewski
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Archaeologists discover new Indo-European language
#Hittites #history #archaeology #language #linguistics #language s #IndoEuropean